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DATE:         

July 14, 2008

CONTACT:

 

Chris Wunrow (715) 635-4112

SUBJECT:
Advanced Rifle Marksmanship course offered in Hayward by DNR

HAYWARD, WI. --–  Local shooters and hunters ready to take their sport to the next level should register for an August advanced rifle marksmanship course developed by the Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) hunter education division.

            “In hunter education students learned safe gun handling and safe hunting practices,” said Northern Region Safety Warden Christopher Wunrow, “Our new program provides a higher skill level of gun shooting and firearm maintenance.”

The course is hosted by the Hayward Rod and Gun Club and sponsored by Sawyer County Outdoor Projects and Education (S.C.O.P.E.).  DNR is providing the instructors.  The event takes place on Aug. 2 and 3 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hayward Rod and Gun Club, 4 miles east of the City of Hayward.

Anyone who has graduated from the Basic Hunter Education Course, or who is exempt, can take the course.  Enrollment is limited to the first 20 people who apply.  Participants must provide their own rifle and scope along with 80 rounds of factory loaded ammunition.  Lunch each day is provided.  The cost of the clinic is $25.00.  S.C.O.P.E will be off setting costs to attendees 18 years of age and younger.

Course content includes learning the shooting platform, the seven factors common to all shooting positions, and the seven steps in a proper shooting sequence.  Telescopic sight maintenance, adjustment, and mounting are covered along with ammunition and how weather, geographic conditions, temperature, wind, and sunlight can affect accuracy.  Rifle maintenance including equipment needed, cleaning techniques, and special considerations are demonstrated.  Lastly, Wunrow said, there is much personal coaching done throughout the program and plenty of hands-on experience.

Students can bring any legal deer hunting rifle chambered in a legal deer hunting caliber for Wisconsin, with a variable power scope. 

This is the third year the course has been put on in Wisconsin and the first time it is being offered in Hayward. Wunrow said past participants have registered favorable comments about the program.  “The response from the people that have attended the course has been unanimous,” Wunrow said, “and most have said, ‘It was the best firearm training I ever had’.”

  Anyone interested in attending the Rifle Marksmanship Course should check the DNR website; look under Upcoming Recreational Safety Education Classes  listed in Sawyer County, the title “Advanced Hunter Education Classes ” Those interested can also contact Northern Regional Safety Warden Christopher Wunrow at (715) 635-4112 or e-mail him at Christopher.Wunrow@Wisconsin.gov. . 

Advanced Hunter Education

 Rifle Marksmanship Course

 

 

 

Course Title:

 

Rifle Marksmanship Course

 

 

 

Course Contact:

 

Dr. LeRoy Momper,  Instructor,   262-692-2093

 

 

 

Course Length:

 

August 2 & 3,  Saturday & Sunday,  12 to 14 Hours Total

 

 

 

Student Requirements:

 

One of the following:

·         Born before, 1 January 1973.

·         Graduate of a Hunter Education Course.                                                                                     ( H.E. Graduation Card or Hunting License Must Be Presented At Sign-In. )    

·         In the Military – Completed Basic Training.

 

 

 

Course Goals:

 

·         Improve knowledge of fundamentals of Marksmanship. 

·         Improve knowledge of equipment.

·         Improve shooting skill.

 

 

 

Course Content:

 

·         Learn the shooting platforms.

·         The seven factors common to all shooting positions. 

·         The seven steps of the shooting sequence. 

·         Telescopic sight maintenance, adjustment, and mounting. 

·         Ammunition.

·         How weather, geographic conditions, temperature, wind, and sunlight can affect accuracy. 

·         Rifle maintenance and special considerations to “Accura-Size” a rifle are demonstrated.

·         Cleaning techniques and equipment needed,

·         A “Drop-and-Drift Exercise” and formula to calculated for accurate scope adjustment beyond 100 yards.

 

 

 

Required Equipment:

 

·         Rifle in a legal deer hunting caliber, with attached scope legal for deer hunting in Wisconsin. (Variable Powered Preferred)

·        80 rounds of factory ammunition. (No Reloaded Ammunition Allowed  –  Liability)

·         Rifle sling.

·         Hearing protection.

·         Safety glasses, with side shields or wrap around lens.

·         Shooting mat, heavy blanket, or carpet / rug (for shooting positions).

·         Black marking pen (to mark targets and to mark shot groups)

·         Appropriate clothing for shooting outdoors (rain, shine, temperature, etc.).

 

 

 

Optional Equipment:

 

·         Spotter scope.

·         Bipod, sandbags, etc. for prone position only.

·         Cleaning equipment.

·         Personal comfort items such as folding chair, sunglasses, hat / cap, are recommended.

                                          

 

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